1. When the “Internet” was first developed or thought of? By who?
a) Tim Berners-Lee
  1. What was it originally called?
a) ARPANET
  1. What was the date of the first Internet transmission? What happened?
  2. Why was the Internet developed?
a) It's purpose was to enable university and government engineers to research and work from any location on the network.
  1. Who were the first “people” (not person) to use the Internet?
a) Paul Baran, Thomas Merill, Lawrence Roberts, And Barry Wessler
  1. When was email developed?
a) 1971
  1. What is TCP/IP used for?
a) TCP is used for transmission of data from an application to the network.
b) IP is responsible for the sending and receiving data packets over the Internet.
  1. What did the National Science Foundation do to help the Internet?
a) promote advanced research and education networking in the United States.
  1. Why was Archie created?
a)
  1. What happened in 1991 that made the Internet “user-friendly”?
a) they up-graded the internet to make it friendly and accessable so they put it in a computer.

  1. What significant event took place in 1989?
a) they up-graded the internet to make it friendly and accessable

  1. What did Michael Dertouzos do for the Internet?
  2. Who was the first national commercial online service? When did they go online?
  3. Approximately, when did the Internet become as we know it today?
a) 1998
  1. What are some of the current trends in technology today?
a) Iphone's, Ipads, Ipods, Smartphones
Write out the definitions for the following vocabulary words:
  1. Routers –A network device that forwards packets from one network to another. Based on internal routing tables, routers read each incoming packet and decide how to forward it. The destination address in the packets determines which line (interface) outgoing packets are directed to. In large-scale enterprise routers, the current traffic load, congestion, line costs and other factors determine which line to forward to.
17. FTP-

  1. TCP/IP –transmission control protocol/internet protocol

19. Email – A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network, as between personal computers.

  1. Archie – A system to automatically gather, index and serve information on the Internet. The initial implementation of archie by McGill University School of Computer Science provided an indexed directory of filenames from all anonymous FTP archives on the Internet. Later versions provide other collections of information.


21. Telnet- The
Internet standard protocol for remote login. Runs on top of TCP/IP.

Client-server architecture – The client-server software architecture model distinguishes client systems from server systems, which communicate over a computer network.

  1. Gopher –

  1. Spider – A Hub Fitted With Radiationg Spokes Or Arms

  1. DSL – High Speed Transmission Of Text.